The Marmorosch Hotel / The Marmorosch Blank Bank Palace

The former headquarters of Marmorosch Blank Bank was designed and built by Petre Antonescu since 1912 in several stages. TThrough its spatial and decorative qualities, the Class A Historic Monument building is a significant example of bank and traditional architecture of the first half of the 20th century. In order to change the function to that of a hotel, consolidation, functional reconversion, restoration and renovation works were carried out. Interior design works specific to the hotel function and complementary functions such as restaurant, commercial, swimming pool, spa were made.In Antonescu’s proposal, the secondary facades did not majorly participate to the urban image of the area, leaving room for further development. The current context has found these secondary facades not integrated, one of them having a postmodern insertion towards Eugeniu Carada Street. The place vacated after the demolition and the integration of the blind wall from BNR were the object of our analysis. The new facade is subordinated to the historical facade, without imitating it. The insert respects the registers and has the image of an engraving, made of Vratza stone, and creates an image described by 3M: Monochrome, Modern, Monolith. The rhythm of the openings is an evocation of those in the historical façade; the first register level has big openings closed with circular arches.On the upper registers the openings are grouped in pairs and on the last one the arches reappear as a reference to the upper lodges of the historical façade. The joining element of the corner from Strada Academiei evokes elements typical of Brâncovenian church architecture, with a strong cornice that houses the arch of the end beam.From a structural point of view, reinforced concrete cores were introduced in the area of